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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

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1. The curved diacritical mark above a vowel in a sound picture or phonic/dictionary symbol notation that indicates a short sound in a closed syllable in which at least one consonant comes after the vowel in the same syllable.






2. The percentile score on - for example - a test is the score that represents the percent of other scores to or lower than is. If a student performs in the 85% of his or her class - it means the 85% of the other scores of students who also took the tes






3. Effective for special needs - Uses all possible senses - tracing - saying - listening - looking - Typically called VAKT - Visual - Auditory - Kinesthetic - Tactile - Can be used with either Phonics or Whole Language






4. Anglo-Saxon - Latin - Greek






5. Is a specific learning disability that is neurological in origin. It is characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities. These difficulties typically result from a deficit in the






6. Response to Intervention - a multi-step or tiered approach to providing services and interventions at increasing intensity to students or an entire class.






7. Selective focus on what is important while screening out distractions.






8. 1904 - reported 2 cases of "congenital word blindness" - called for schools to establish procedures for screening as well as appropriate teaching of those that were identified with congenital word-blindness






9. The curved line placed beneath c to indicate its "soft" or (s) pronunciation - as opposed to its hard or (k) pronunciation. Students use the coding on c before the letters e - i - or y (the softeners) - to remind themselves to pronounced the (s) soun






10. Phonemic Awareness - Phonics - Vocabulary Development - Reading Fluency - including oral reading skills - Reading Comprehension Strategies






11. 1877 - first to use the term "word-blindness"






12. A way of describing - in standard deviation units - a raw score's distance from its distribution means.






13. Comprehensive end-of-year exams - reflecting the specific subject matter outlines in the curriculum.






14. The teacher musts be adept at individualized teaching based on continual assessment of the student's needs. Content should be mastered to a level of automaticity.






15. The percentage is defined to include scores in a specified distribution that fall below the point at which a given score lies.






16. Alphabetic principle" and its relationship to phonemic awareness and phonological awareness in reading






17. Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing. Screening test. test phonological awareness - phonological memory - rapid naming...norms given in Percentiles - Standard Scores - Age and Grade Equivalents






18. Whole language. Founder of Whole language concept






19. The ability to translate print to speech with rapidity and automaticity that allows the reader to focus on meaning.






20. Visual-Auditory-Kinesthetic/Tactile






21. Reading for Learning "the New" - Expand vocabularies - build background and world knowledge - develop strategic habits

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22. Multiple Viewpoints - Analyze text critically - understand multiple point of view

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23. Involve at least two people. It includes the ability to maintain eye contact - understand body language of others - take turns in a conversation - stick to the subject - and use oral language appropriate for the situation.






24. To adjacent letters representing a single vowel sound






25. A step taken by school personnel to determine which students are at risk for not meeting grade level standards.






26. Nationally known for research on both the prevention and remediation of reading difficulties in young children as well as work on assessment of phonological awareness and reading






27. Children may be physical and socially immature - may be awkward in social situations - may have difficulty reading social cues - may have trouble finding the right words - stammering. - may feel anxious in school






28. Words used in more formal settings - Often found in literature - science - social studies in upper elem. texts. Longer than words of Anglo-Saxon Origin.






29. 1887 - ophthalmologist - introduced the term dyslexia






30. Changes in curriculum - supplementary aides or equipment - and provision of specialized facilities that allow students to participate in educational environment to fullest extent possible.






31. A test in which the results can be used to determine a student's progress toward mastery of a content area. performance is compared to an expected level of mastery in a content area rather that to other student's scores. Such tests usually include qu






32. Three adjacent letters which represent one speech sound (tch)






33. Whole language - Drop Everythng and read - evaluation through miscues - founds of whole language






34. Scientific terminology and often appear in science texts - Greek roots are often combining forms and compound to form words.






35. Expects child to learn reading as "naturally" as speech - Uses child's oral language as content for reading - Uses child's oral language as basis for spelling instruction - Children learn to "read" by reading and re-reading "big books" together with

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36. Explicitly teaches strategies and techniques for studying texts and acquiring meaning






37. Use - pictures - charts - maps - graphs - etc...clear view of teacher - color to highlight important text - ask teacher to provide handouts - illustrate ideas as pictures before writing them down - use multi media






38. A type of test score that is calculated based on the age that an average person earns a given score within the tested population.






39. Given normal vision - the ability to recognize and interpret information taken in with the eye.






40. A standardized test designed to efficiently measure the amount of knowledge and/or skill a person has acquired - usually as a result of classroom instruction. Such testing produces a statistical profile used as a measurement to evaluate student learn






41. Paired association between letters and letter sounds; an approach to teaching of reading and spelling that emphasizes sound-symbol relationships - especially in early instruction.






42. Take frequent study breaks - move around to learn new things - work at a standing position - chew gum while standing - listen to music while studying - skim material first then read in detail






43. Construction and Reconstruction - Construct understanding based on analysis and synthesis.

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44. Making sense of what we read. Comprehension is dependent on good word recognition - fluency - vocabulary - worldly knowledge - and language ability.






45. English as a second language






46. Academic Language Therapy Association






47. Supported only by "qualitative research" instead of quantitative research - Teaches "whole words" in word families - Students are not explicitly taught that there is a relationship between letters and sounds for most sounds






48. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development






49. Instruction must include the six basic types of these and the division rules.






50. Most soundly supported by research for effective instruction in beginning reading - Must be explicitly taught - Must be systematically organized and sequenced - Must include learning how to blend sounds together